Simple Twist Of Fate
Bob Dylan

CAPO 2nd Fret for playing with recording

INTRO: Verse Chords once through

D
They sat together in the park
D/C#
As the evening sky grew dark
D/C                                   G/B
She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones
      Gm                     D                     G
'Twas then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight
    D                 A               D
And watched out for a simple twist of fate

D
They walked along by the old canal
D/C#
A little confused, I remember well
     D/C                                G/B
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin' bright
   Gm                         D              G
He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train
D             A               D
Moving with a simple twist of fate

D
A saxophone someplace far off played
D/C#
As she was walkin' by the arcade
D/C                                             G/B
As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin' up
    Gm                               D                G
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
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And forgot about a simple twist of fate

HARP BREAK (One Verse)

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He woke up, the room was bare
D/C#
He didn't see her anywhere
D/C                                        G/B
He told himself he didn't care, pushed the window open wide
        Gm                  D                         G
Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
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Brought on by a simple twist of fate

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He hears the ticking of the clocks
D/C#
And walks along with a parrot that talks
D/C                                               G/B
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in
             Gm                  D                G
Maybe she'll pick him out again, how long must he wait
D               A               D
Once more for a simple twist of fate

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People tell me it's a sin
D/C#
To know and feel too much within
D/C                              G/B
I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring
Gm                          D              G
She was born in spring, but I was born too late
D              A               D
Blame it on a simple twist of fate 

HARP BREAK (One Verse) AND END